When I wuz hangin 'dere I did some manful howlin'. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6] Reference
No. In his figure a manful contrast to the scraggly agitator. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
They met, as was the phrase of the time, "manful under shield.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number] Reference
Stern, manful, and imperious — A bitter sway to me!. From Wordnik.com. [Agamemnon] Reference
He was found guilty and executed, after a manful defence, and the. From Wordnik.com. [A Child's History of England] Reference
They met, as was the phrase of the time, “manful under shield.”. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Geierstein] Reference
"Got everything you want?" he asked in a manful effort to be attentive. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
At five-and-twenty I did not trust myself; but I took a manful resolution. From Wordnik.com. [Honorine] Reference
He might have used nicer language, perhaps, but his inner sense was manful. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
The boy liked to be ship-shape and he made manful attempts to let it alone. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
He sops and sneezes, runs at the eyes and nose, half manful, half miserable. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
He was staring before him with manful eyes that winked rapidly but shed no tears. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
As long as she does so the manful efforts of the novelist to uphold his art must come to naught. From Wordnik.com. [The Novel's Deadliest Friend] Reference
Over at The Volokh Conspiracy, blogger and law professor Jonathan Adler makes a manful effort at evenhandedness. From Wordnik.com. [From Detainee to Detonatee] Reference
It was as manful as possible, but it was still the false note — as it had to be to convey so sorry a statement. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
One by one, he bade the other young Knights farewell, feigning to ignore their manful attempts to hide their tears. From Wordnik.com. [War of the Twins]
He had recently won her sincere respect by the manful way in which he had struggled to conceal his love for Barbara. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters] Reference
But his wife, who had more than a man's courage, chid his weakness, and put heart into him with her manful admonitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
First time anything like this has happened to him, and of course he's very manful, but his wife is not so easy about it!. From Wordnik.com. [OMG!] Reference
They were all soldiers — he said — in the trenches under the poisonous gas of the Prince of Darkness, and must be manful. From Wordnik.com. [To Let] Reference
After his wounding, moreover, Johnston played a manful and honorable part in maintaining the morale of the corps of officers. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
This manful and painful resolution spurred his courage; he rose and went to the window, leaning his forehead against the pane. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre And Jean] Reference
The essence of our poetic tradition is to be found instead in the unadorned language of the Manyōshū and the manful haiku of Buson!. From Wordnik.com. [Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » A History of Modern Japanese Literary Criticism: Act One, Scene 1] Reference
He gives his younger brother his college money, regretfully but with manful resignation, because he thinks it is for the greater good. From Wordnik.com. [Mortgage Crisis - George Bailey & Betty Boop] Reference
Not that he would relax his watchfulness; on the contrary he was alert and keen, ready to seize with manful grip the skirts of chance. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
He may foster a malignant temper, a grumbling, fretful spirit, which by manful resistance might be much abated, if not quite put down. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference
Are not these manful doings, worthy of a son of Zeus?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
Leicester took a manful and sagacious course at starting. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
In part because it doesn't sit well with appearing manful. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
In part because it does not sit well with appearing manful. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
In more manful strain he then alluded to the sufferings of his army. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
He, sat down in his room at night and wrote a fairly manful letter to. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
Not less manful and statesmanlike was the language held to the King of. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
We're not upright talking back whether your readers are manful or female. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
Walsingham, more manful, stood to his post, but could not gain a hearing. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The passionate gladness of the lover was wanting: the chivalrous valiancy of manful joy. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
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